Niels Lyhne

Japanese: ニールス･リーネ（英語表記）Niels Lyhne

This is the masterpiece by Danish author Jacobsen, published in 1880. He began writing it during a dark period of poor health while traveling in southern Europe, and completed it as a book to take stock of his own life. Throughout the life of the protagonist Niels, he explores three major themes: the idea of freedom, dreams, and love. While acknowledging the fact that the loneliness of the soul in a life without God or women is a great tragedy, he also explains how difficult it is to live with thoroughly free-thinking ideas. It is considered a masterpiece that deals with atheism, and has many avid readers abroad.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

デンマークの作家ヤコブセンの代表作。1880年刊。南欧旅行中，健康のすぐれない暗い時期に着手し，作者自身の人生の総決算の書として完成。主人公ニールスの一生を通じて自由の思想，夢，恋愛の三大テーマを追求する。神もなく女性も去った人生で魂の孤独は大きな惨事であるという事実を見つめながらも，徹底した自由思想をもって生き抜くことがいかに困難な道であるかを説く。無神論を扱った傑作と評され，外国にも愛読者が多い。

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